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  1. In the mid-1980s, freestyle music was initially called "Latin hip hop". This dance music genre, not to be confused with improvised freestyle rapping , was dominated, at the time, by electro funk beats and electronic Latin melodic and percussion elements, over which Latino vocalists sang melodramatic pop vocals, usually in English even though it ...

  2. Freestyle, or Latin freestyle (initially called Latin hip hop) is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area Philadelphia, and Miami, primarily among Hispanic Americans and Italian Americans in the 1980s. It experienced its greatest popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s.

  3. Sep 26, 2018 · Facebook. Flipboard. Email. Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia of NPR's 'What's Good' podcast break down how hip-hop has borrowed from Latin music many times over the years.

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  5. Feb 13, 2015 · For those who aren't familiar with the genre, or weren't even born during its hey-day, "Freestyle" or "Latin Freestyle" is best described as electronic music that emerged in the 1980s around New York City and Miami.

  6. Jun 19, 2019 · HipLatina. News and Entertainment. 15 Latinx Artists Who Are Essential to Freestyle Music. Freestyle music, also known as Latin freestyle and Latin hip-hop, is an electronic music genre that was popular in the late 1980s and 1990s. Photo: Unsplash/@meymigrou. By V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi. June 19, 2019 - 17:14.

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